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Representatives from some 90 Member States, civil society, the private sector and the United Nations system have pledged their support for the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, planned for 2016.
At an event held during the UN General Assembly, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that the Summit...

Dozens of heads of state along with the UN Secretary-General, Government Ministers, leaders of UN agencies and civil society and other dignitaries are gathering in New York for the 68th Session of the United Nation’s General Assembly. The annual event – a series of meetings starting on 24...

Consider this: There was more data produced in 2011 than in all the rest of human history combined. Every time we make a phone call, buy something or use social media, we are creating new data. This huge amount of information can, if analysed correctly, be used to answer any number of questions. This...

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs (OCHA) has created a set of 500 freely available humanitarian icons to help relief workers present information about emergencies and crises quickly and simply.
When a disaster strikes, it is vital that all the different humanitarian...

Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos called for a coherent approach to addressing the humanitarian, development and political challenges in Somalia today at the London Conference.
Co-chairing a humanitarian event at the conference, Ms. Amos emphasized the importance of dealing with the immediate...